Steve Eley, founder of the Escape Pod podcast, joins us to talk about the internet's most popular science fiction podcast and the promising future of audio fiction in this rerun of episode 7 of The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley.

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Read on for this episode's fabulous SHOW NOTES! (Note: Show note time signatures may be slightly off, as the show was re-edited prior to this rebroadcast—it's the director's cut! This episode originally aired on February 15, 2010, on Tor.com.)

Introduction

0:00 Introduction by Tor.com

0:37 Dave and John introduce the show

Interview: Steve Eley, creator and host of Escape Pod*

[* At the time of our original broadcast, Steve was still editing and hosting Escape Pod; since then he's stepped down podcast veteran Mur Lafferty has taken his place.]

01:27 Interview begins

01:47 How Escape Pod began as a paying market, and convincing Steve's wife that he isn't insane

05:08 On fun in fiction and competing with other media for readers' time